US Plant Patent PP5701
Maui
African violet plant named Maui
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 5, 2004. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5701
- Filed
- January 5, 1984
- Granted
- March 25, 1986
- Expires
- January 5, 2004
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Maui characterized by its relatively large dark lilac flowers with white edges, with the flowers being carried on strong flower stems; vigorous and uniform growth habit, dark green and serrated leaves, and by its floriferous habit, with a large and full bouquet of flowers being positioned centrally above the leaves.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Maui, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its relatively large dark lilac flowers with white edges, with the flowers being carried on strong flower stems; vigorous and uniform growth habit, dark green and serrated leaves, and by its floriferous habit, with a large and full bouquet of flowers being positioned centrally above the leaves.
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